Victim identified in Dorchester high school shooting

Raekwon Brown, 17, was killed Wednesday.

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Raekwon Brown, a junior at Jeremiah E. Burke High School, was killed in a shooting outside his Dorchester school Wednesday.

Brown, 17, was the only victim. He was identified by relatives, friends and law enforcement officials. Two other male students were injured, as was a woman in her 60s, said Boston Police Commissioner William Evans.

Now, Evans is asking for witnesses to “step up” and help investigators.

"We can't let this happen in and around our schools," Boston's top cop said in a Wednesday afternoon press conference."We are appealing to the public to step up, call us and get this thing solved."

Police responded to 56 Washington Street, just steps from the school's entrance, around 1:15 p.m.

The search for a suspect, who fled the scene, continued into Wednesday evening.